Interface Cultures Artistic Aspects of Interaction

From media art archeology to contemporary interaction design - the term interface culture is based on a vivid and ongoing discourse in the fields of interactive art, interaction design, game design, tangible interfaces, auditory interfaces, fashionable technologies, wearable devices, intelligent ambiences, sensor technologies, telecommunication and new experimental forms of human-machine, human-human and machine-machine interactions and the cultural discourse surrounding them. This book's aim is to give an overview of the current state of interactive art and interface technology as well as an outlook on new forms of hybridization in art, media, scientific research and every-day media applications.

Christa Sommerer and Laurent Mignonneau are professors and heads of the master and doctoral study course "Interface Cultures" at the University of Art and Industrial Design in Linz. They rank among the most influential media artists creating pioneering interactive art works.

Dorothée King teaches and works on her doctorate at the Interface Cultures study program. Her main research field is "emotionality" in interactive arts.

Content:Introduction by CHRISTA SOMMERER, LAURENT MIGNONNEAU

Chapter 1: INFORMATION DESIGN AND SOCIAL MEDIAUser Experience and Model-based Development of Interactive Artifacts by CHRIS STARYComment Flow: Visualizing Communication Along Network Paths by DIETMAR OFFENHUBER, JUDITH DONATH (MIT MEDIA LAB)Mobile Interaction by JÜRGEN SCHEIBLELet us do what we do best! But how can we produce Knowledge bydesigning Interfaces? By STEFANO M. VANNOTTISoftware Agents by GEORG WEICHHARTSoftware as Cultureware –Shaping the Vectors of Pervasive Mediacultures by GEORG RUSSEGGER

Chapter 3: CULTURAL ASPECTS AND AESTHETICS OF INTERACTIVITYTactile Temptations: About Contemporary Art, Exhibitions, and Tactility by ERKKI HUHTAMO»Not Just Art« – From Media Art to Artware by CHRISTIANE PAULOpus Ludens – Towards an Aesthetics of Interactivity by KATJA KWASTEKResearch of the Motifs in Interactive Media Art concerning the Visual Aspect by PENESTA DIKADecoding Gaze in Immersive and Interactive Media Arts by DOROTHÉE KINGWhy Do We Need New Interfaces to Understand Cities Better? By MAHIR M. YAVUZWorking On and With Eigensinn –A Neglected Concept and its Impact on Media, Art and Art Education by GIACO SCHIESSERCultural Parasitology – Art in its Sociopolitical Complexity by HIROSHI YOSHIOKA

Chapter 5: INTERACTIVE ART PRACTICEFour Media Archaeological Artworks by GEBHARD SENGMÜLLERIt would have been Fantastic – Between Perfection and Failure by ULF LANGHEINRICHEverything is so Analog out There by STATION ROSE (ELISA ROSE, GARY DANNER)Multiple Media – Internet (Driven) Works by URSULA ENDLICHERChildhood Memories and Interactive Fairytales by KEIKO TAKAHASHIEvolving the Emergent Content Workshop by KIM CASCONEBlindspot by PAULO PEREIRA, HERWIG TURKVirtual Knowledge Spaces in the Art Context by SYLVIA ECKERMANN